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Flow Chart of the Study (Abbreviations: CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; OLT, orthotopic liver transplantation)
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Introduction:
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is an effective dialysis method in critically ill patients. Citrate and heparin are commonly used as anticoagulants to prevent premature circuit clotting. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of using low dose systemic heparin while on CRRT in liver transplant recip...
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... 609 OLT patients in this period, 36 (5%) patients underwent CRRT for different etiologies after transplantation. Three patients (8%) were excluded due to receiving heparin as a therapeutic method for other medical conditions, two (6%) of them for high resistance hepatic artery flow on Doppler ultrasonography and one patient (3%) for portal vein thrombosis after endovenectomy (Figure 1). Four (11%) patients were excluded due to technical problems during CRRT, which represented human and machine errors. ...
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... 609 OLT patients in this period, 36 (5%) patients underwent CRRT for different etiologies after transplantation. Three patients (8%) were excluded due to receiving heparin as a therapeutic method for other medical conditions, two (6%) of them for high resistance hepatic artery flow on Doppler ultrasonography and one patient (3%) for portal vein thrombosis after endovenectomy (Figure 1). Four (11%) patients were excluded due to technical problems during CRRT, which represented human and machine errors. ...
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